Research Interests & Activities
Xiaobing Zhou,
Associate
Professor of Geophysics
My primary research interests are in remote sensing theory,
instrumentation, algorithm development, and applications in
geosciences, geophysical exploration, geoinformatics, and earth system
science. These include 1)
ground truth instrumentation, data
collection, analysis and interpretation; 2) radiative transfer modeling
of optical sensors and radar data; 3) algorithm development for science
data product derivation from optical sensor and microwave data; 4)
air-borne and space-borne remotely sensed image processing and
interpretation; 5) applications of remote sensing in geophysics,
geology, hydrology, cryspheric science. Past activities mainly focused
on field
instrumentation, measurement
and analysis of snow, vegetation, mineral, and soil physical
parameters and radiative quantities,
satellite
data validation using ground truth and GIS database, GIS database
establishment from remotely sensed data, and radiative transfer
modeling of
satellite
signals. Recent interests also include the radiative response (optical
reflection and thermal infrared emission) of vegetation
to
water availability in semiarid regions; relationship among snow cover,
stream flow,
and climate change within mountainous river basins using both
ground-based and
remote sensing data; algorithm development for the derivation of liquid
water content in snow and soil from radar data, and remote sensing of
precipitation.
Research activities and topics include
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Hyperspectral Unmixing Analysis in Mineral
Exploration and
Brightness Data Analysis in Geothermal Exploration
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Drought Condition Monitoring within Vegetation
using
Multispectral and Hyperspectral Optical Sensor and Thermal Infrared
Radiometer
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Snow Cover, Rainfall, Stream flow, and Climate
Change:
Relationship Observed from Space
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Validation of MODIS Snow Product: from
Reflectance to Snow Cover
and Snow Liquid Water Content
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Remotely Sensed Data Validation: Integration of
Remote Sensing
with GIS
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Snow Albedo from Field Measurement to Radiative
Transfer
Modeling
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Electromagnetic
Scattering in
Dispersive Medium: Theory for Remote Sensing
Research
Opportunities
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